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Administration Guide
I. Administering and Maintaining the Red Hat Virtualization Environment
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1. 1. Global Configuration
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  1. 1.1. Roles
    
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    1.1.1. Creating a New Role
    
    1.1.2. Editing or Copying a Role
    
    1.1.3. User Role and Authorization Examples
  2. 1.2. System Permissions
    
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    1.2.1. User Properties
    
    1.2.2. User and Administrator Roles
    
    1.2.3. User Roles Explained
    
    1.2.4. Administrator Roles Explained
    
    1.2.5. Assigning an Administrator or User Role to a Resource
    
    1.2.6. Removing an Administrator or User Role from a Resource
    
    1.2.7. Managing System Permissions for a Data Center
    
    1.2.8. Data Center Administrator Roles Explained
    
    1.2.9. Managing System Permissions for a Cluster
    
    1.2.10. Cluster Administrator Roles Explained
    
    1.2.11. Managing System Permissions for a Network
    
    1.2.12. Network Administrator and User Roles Explained
    
    1.2.13. Managing System Permissions for a Host
    
    1.2.14. Host Administrator Roles Explained
    
    1.2.15. Managing System Permissions for a Storage Domain
    
    1.2.16. Storage Administrator Roles Explained
    
    1.2.17. Managing System Permissions for a Virtual Machine Pool
    
    1.2.18. Virtual Machine Pool Administrator Roles Explained
    
    1.2.19. Managing System Permissions for a Virtual Disk
    
    1.2.20. Virtual Disk User Roles Explained
    
    1.2.21. Setting a Legacy SPICE Cipher
  3. 1.3. Scheduling Policies
    
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    1.3.1. Creating a Scheduling Policy
    
    1.3.2. Explanation of Settings in the New Scheduling Policy and Edit Scheduling Policy Window
  4. 1.4. Instance Types
    
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    1.4.1. Creating Instance Types
    
    1.4.2. Editing Instance Types
    
    1.4.3. Removing Instance Types
  5. 1.5. MAC Address Pools
    
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    1.5.1. Creating MAC Address Pools
    
    1.5.2. Editing MAC Address Pools
    
    1.5.3. Editing MAC Address Pool Permissions
    
    1.5.4. Removing MAC Address Pools
2. 2. Dashboard
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  1. 2.1. Prerequisites
  2. 2.2. Global Inventory
  3. 2.3. Global Utilization
    
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    2.3.1. Top Utilized Resources
  4. 2.4. Cluster Utilization
    
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    2.4.1. CPU
    
    2.4.2. Memory
  5. 2.5. Storage Utilization
3. 3. Searches
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4. 4. Bookmarks
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5. 5. Tags
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II. Administering the Resources
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1. 6. Quality of Service
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  1. 6.1. Storage Quality of Service
    
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    6.1.1. Creating a Storage Quality of Service Entry
    
    6.1.2. Removing a Storage Quality of Service Entry
  2. 6.2. Virtual Machine Network Quality of Service
    
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    6.2.1. Creating a Virtual Machine Network Quality of Service Entry
    
    6.2.2. Settings in the New Virtual Machine Network QoS and Edit Virtual Machine Network QoS Windows Explained
    
    6.2.3. Removing a Virtual Machine Network Quality of Service Entry
  3. 6.3. Host Network Quality of Service
    
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    6.3.1. Creating a Host Network Quality of Service Entry
    
    6.3.2. Settings in the New Host Network Quality of Service and Edit Host Network Quality of Service Windows Explained
    
    6.3.3. Removing a Host Network Quality of Service Entry
  4. 6.4. CPU Quality of Service
    
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    6.4.1. Creating a CPU Quality of Service Entry
    
    6.4.2. Removing a CPU Quality of Service Entry
2. 7. Data Centers
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  1. 7.1. Introduction to Data Centers
  2. 7.2. The Storage Pool Manager
  3. 7.3. SPM Priority
  4. 7.4. Data Center Tasks
    
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    7.4.1. Creating a New Data Center
    
    7.4.2. Explanation of Settings in the New Data Center and Edit Data Center Windows
    
    7.4.3. Re-Initializing a Data Center: Recovery Procedure
    
    7.4.4. Removing a Data Center
    
    7.4.5. Force Removing a Data Center
    
    7.4.6. Changing the Data Center Storage Type
    
    7.4.7. Changing the Data Center Compatibility Version
  5. 7.5. Data Centers and Storage Domains
    
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    7.5.1. Attaching an Existing Data Domain to a Data Center
    
    7.5.2. Attaching an Existing ISO domain to a Data Center
    
    7.5.3. Attaching an Existing Export Domain to a Data Center
    
    7.5.4. Detaching a Storage Domain from a Data Center
3. 8. Clusters
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  1. 8.1. Introduction to Clusters
  2. 8.2. Cluster Tasks
    
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    8.2.1. Creating a New Cluster
    
    8.2.2. General Cluster Settings Explained
    
    8.2.3. Optimization Settings Explained
    
    8.2.4. Migration Policy Settings Explained
    
    8.2.5. Scheduling Policy Settings Explained
    
    8.2.6. Cluster Console Settings Explained
    
    8.2.7. Fencing Policy Settings Explained
    
    8.2.8. Setting Load and Power Management Policies for Hosts in a Cluster
    
    8.2.9. Updating the MoM Policy on Hosts in a Cluster
    
    8.2.10. Creating a CPU Profile
    
    8.2.11. Removing a CPU Profile
    
    8.2.12. Importing an Existing Red Hat Gluster Storage Cluster
    
    8.2.13. Explanation of Settings in the Add Hosts Window
    
    8.2.14. Removing a Cluster
    
    8.2.15. Memory Optimization
    
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    8.2.15.1. Memory Optimization and Memory Overcommitment
    
    8.2.15.2. Swap Space and Memory Overcommitment
    
    8.2.15.3. The Memory Overcommit Manager (MoM)
    
    8.2.15.4. Memory Ballooning
    
    8.2.15.5. Kernel Same-page Merging (KSM)
    
    8.2.16. Changing the Cluster Compatibility Version
4. 9. Logical Networks
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  1. 9.1. Logical Network Tasks
    
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    9.1.1. Performing Networking Tasks
    
    9.1.2. Creating a New Logical Network in a Data Center or Cluster
    
    9.1.3. Editing a Logical Network
    
    9.1.4. Removing a Logical Network
    
    9.1.5. Configuring a Non-Management Logical Network as the Default Route
    
    9.1.6. Viewing or Editing the Gateway for a Logical Network
    
    9.1.7. Logical Network General Settings Explained
    
    9.1.8. Logical Network Cluster Settings Explained
    
    9.1.9. Logical Network vNIC Profiles Settings Explained
    
    9.1.10. Designate a Specific Traffic Type for a Logical Network with the Manage Networks Window
    
    9.1.11. Explanation of Settings in the Manage Networks Window
    
    9.1.12. Editing the Virtual Function Configuration on a NIC
  2. 9.2. Virtual Network Interface Cards
    
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    9.2.1. vNIC Profile Overview
    
    9.2.2. Creating or Editing a vNIC Profile
    
    9.2.3. Explanation of Settings in the VM Interface Profile Window
    
    9.2.4. Enabling Passthrough on a vNIC Profile
    
    9.2.5. Removing a vNIC Profile
    
    9.2.6. Assigning Security Groups to vNIC Profiles
    
    9.2.7. User Permissions for vNIC Profiles
    
    9.2.8. Configuring vNIC Profiles for UCS Integration
  3. 9.3. External Provider Networks
    
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    9.3.1. Importing Networks From External Providers
    
    9.3.2. Limitations to Using External Provider Networks
    
    9.3.3. Configuring Subnets on External Provider Logical Networks
    
    9.3.4. Adding Subnets to External Provider Logical Networks
    
    9.3.5. Removing Subnets from External Provider Logical Networks
    
    9.3.6. Assigning Security Groups to Logical Networks and Ports
  4. 9.4. Hosts and Networking
    
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    9.4.1. Refreshing Host Capabilities
    
    9.4.2. Editing Host Network Interfaces and Assigning Logical Networks to Hosts
    
    9.4.3. Synchronizing Host Networks
    
    9.4.4. Editing a Host’s VLAN Settings
    
    9.4.5. Adding Multiple VLANs to a Single Network Interface Using Logical Networks
    
    9.4.6. Assigning Additional IPv4 Addresses to a Host Network
    
    9.4.7. Adding Network Labels to Host Network Interfaces
    
    9.4.8. Changing the FQDN of a Host
    
    9.4.9. IPv6 Networking Support
    
    9.4.10. Setting Up and Configuring SR-IOV
    
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    9.4.10.1. Prerequisites
    
    9.4.10.2. Set Up and Configure SR-IOV
    
    9.4.10.3. Additional Resources
  5. 9.5. Network Bonding
    
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    9.5.1. Creating a Bond Device in the Administration Portal
    
    9.5.2. Creating a Bond Device with the LLDP Labeler Service
    
    9.5.3. Bonding Modes
  6. 9.6. Analyzing and Monitoring Network Connectivity
    
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    9.6.1. Introducing Skydive
    
    9.6.2. Installing Skydive
    
    9.6.3. Using Skydive to Test Network Connection
5. 10. Hosts
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  1. 10.1. Introduction to Hosts
  2. 10.2. Red Hat Virtualization Host
  3. 10.3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux hosts
  4. 10.4. Satellite Host Provider Hosts
  5. 10.5. Host Tasks
    
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    10.5.1. Adding Standard Hosts to the Red Hat Virtualization Manager
    
    10.5.2. Adding a Satellite Host Provider Host
    
    10.5.3. Configuring Satellite Errata Management for a Host
    
    10.5.4. Explanation of Settings and Controls in the New Host and Edit Host Windows
    
    10.5.5. Host General Settings Explained
    
    10.5.6. Host Power Management Settings Explained
    
    10.5.7. SPM Priority Settings Explained
    
    10.5.8. Host Console Settings Explained
    
    10.5.9. Network Provider Settings Explained
    
    10.5.10. Kernel Settings Explained
    
    10.5.11. Hosted Engine Settings Explained
    
    10.5.12. Configuring Host Power Management Settings
    
    10.5.13. Configuring Host Storage Pool Manager Settings
    
    10.5.14. Configuring a Host for PCI Passthrough
    
    10.5.15. Moving a Host to Maintenance Mode
    
    10.5.16. Activating a Host from Maintenance Mode
    
    10.5.17. Configuring Host Firewall Rules
    
    10.5.18. Removing a Host
    
    10.5.19. Updating Hosts Between Minor Releases
    
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    10.5.19.1. Updating All Hosts in a Cluster
    
    10.5.19.2. Updating Individual Hosts
    
    10.5.19.3. Manually Updating Hosts
    
    10.5.20. Reinstalling Hosts
    
    10.5.21. Viewing Host Errata
    
    10.5.22. Viewing the Health Status of a Host
    
    10.5.23. Viewing Host Devices
    
    10.5.24. Accessing Cockpit from the Administration Portal
    
    10.5.25. Setting a Legacy SPICE Cipher
  6. 10.6. Host Resilience
    
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    10.6.1. Host High Availability
    
    10.6.2. Power Management by Proxy in Red Hat Virtualization
    
    10.6.3. Setting Fencing Parameters on a Host
    
    10.6.4. fence_kdump Advanced Configuration
    
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    10.6.4.1. fence_kdump listener Configuration
    
    10.6.4.2. Configuring fence_kdump on the Manager
    
    10.6.5. Soft-Fencing Hosts
    
    10.6.6. Using Host Power Management Functions
    
    10.6.7. Manually Fencing or Isolating a Non-Responsive Host
6. 11. Storage
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  1. 11.1. Understanding Storage Domains
  2. 11.2. Preparing and Adding NFS Storage
    
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    11.2.1. Preparing NFS Storage
    
    11.2.2. Adding NFS Storage
    
    11.2.3. Increasing NFS Storage
  3. 11.3. Preparing and Adding Local Storage
    
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    11.3.1. Preparing Local Storage
    
    11.3.2. Adding Local Storage
  4. 11.4. Preparing and Adding POSIX-compliant File System Storage
    
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    11.4.1. Preparing POSIX-compliant File System Storage
    
    11.4.2. Adding POSIX-compliant File System Storage
  5. 11.5. Preparing and Adding Block Storage
    
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    11.5.1. Preparing iSCSI Storage
    
    11.5.2. Adding iSCSI Storage
    
    11.5.3. Configuring iSCSI Multipathing
    
    11.5.4. Migrating a Logical Network to an iSCSI Bond
    
    11.5.5. Preparing FCP Storage
    
    11.5.6. Adding FCP Storage
    
    11.5.7. Increasing iSCSI or FCP Storage
    
    11.5.8. Reusing LUNs
  6. 11.6. Preparing and Adding Red Hat Gluster Storage
    
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    11.6.1. Preparing Red Hat Gluster Storage
    
    11.6.2. Adding Red Hat Gluster Storage
  7. 11.7. Importing Existing Storage Domains
    
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    11.7.1. Overview of Importing Existing Storage Domains
    
    11.7.2. Importing storage domains
    
    11.7.3. Migrating Storage Domains between Data Centers in the Same Environment
    
    11.7.4. Migrating Storage Domains between Data Centers in Different Environments
    
    11.7.5. Importing Virtual Machines from Imported Data Storage Domains
    
    11.7.6. Importing Templates from Imported Data Storage Domains
  8. 11.8. Storage Tasks
    
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    11.8.1. Uploading Images to a Data Storage Domain
    
    11.8.2. Moving Storage Domains to Maintenance Mode
    
    11.8.3. Editing Storage Domains
    
    11.8.4. Updating OVFs
    
    11.8.5. Activating Storage Domains from Maintenance Mode
    
    11.8.6. Detaching a Storage Domain from a Data Center
    
    11.8.7. Attaching a Storage Domain to a Data Center
    
    11.8.8. Removing a Storage Domain
    
    11.8.9. Destroying a Storage Domain
    
    11.8.10. Creating a Disk Profile
    
    11.8.11. Removing a Disk Profile
    
    11.8.12. Viewing the Health Status of a Storage Domain
    
    11.8.13. Setting Discard After Delete for a Storage Domain
    
    11.8.14. Enabling 4K support on environments with more than 250 hosts
    
    11.8.15. Disabling 4K support
7. 12. Pools
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  1. 12.1. Introduction to Virtual Machine Pools
  2. 12.2. Creating a Virtual Machine Pool
  3. 12.3. Explanation of Settings and Controls in the New Pool and Edit Pool Windows
    
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    12.3.1. New Pool and Edit Pool General Settings Explained
    
    12.3.2. New Pool and Edit Pool Type Settings Explained
    
    12.3.3. New Pool and Edit Pool Console Settings Explained
    
    12.3.4. Virtual Machine Pool Host Settings Explained
    
    12.3.5. New Pool and Edit Pool Resource Allocation Settings Explained
  4. 12.4. Editing a Virtual Machine Pool
  5. 12.5. Prestarting Virtual Machines in a Pool
  6. 12.6. Adding Virtual Machines to a Virtual Machine Pool
  7. 12.7. Detaching Virtual Machines from a Virtual Machine Pool
  8. 12.8. Removing a Virtual Machine Pool
  9. 12.9. Trusted Compute Pools
    
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    12.9.1. Connecting an OpenAttestation Server to the Manager
    
    12.9.2. Creating a Trusted Cluster
    
    12.9.3. Adding a Trusted Host
8. 13. Virtual Disks
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9. 14. External Providers
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  1. 14.1. Introduction to External Providers in Red Hat Virtualization
  2. 14.2. Adding External Providers
    
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    14.2.1. Adding a Red Hat Satellite Instance for Host Provisioning
    
    14.2.2. Adding an OpenStack Image (Glance) Instance for Image Management
    
    14.2.3. Adding an OpenStack Networking (Neutron) Instance for Network Provisioning
    
    14.2.4. Adding an OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder) Instance for Storage Management
    
    14.2.5. Adding a VMware Instance as a Virtual Machine Provider
    
    14.2.6. Adding a RHEL 5 Xen Host as a Virtual Machine Provider
    
    14.2.7. Adding a KVM Host as a Virtual Machine Provider
    
    14.2.8. Adding Open Virtual Network (OVN) as an External Network Provider
    
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    14.2.8.1. Installing a New OVN Network Provider
    
    14.2.8.2. Adding an Existing OVN Network Provider
    
    14.2.8.3. Using an Ansible playbook to modify an OVN tunnel network
    
    14.2.8.4. Configuring Hosts for an OVN Tunnel Network
    
    14.2.8.5. Connecting an OVN Network to a Physical Network
    
    14.2.9. Adding an External Network Provider
    
    14.2.10. Add Provider General Settings Explained
    
    14.2.11. Add Provider Agent Configuration Settings Explained
  3. 14.3. Editing an External Provider
  4. 14.4. Removing an External Provider
III. Administering the Environment
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1. 15. Administering the Self-Hosted Engine
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  1. 15.1. Maintaining the Self-Hosted Engine
  2. 15.2. Administering the Manager Virtual Machine
    
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    15.2.1. Updating the Self-Hosted Engine Configuration
    
    15.2.2. Configuring Email Notifications
  3. 15.3. Configuring Memory Slots Reserved for the Self-Hosted Engine on Additional Hosts
  4. 15.4. Adding Self-Hosted Engine Nodes to the Red Hat Virtualization Manager
  5. 15.5. Reinstalling an Existing Host as a Self-Hosted Engine Node
  6. 15.6. Booting the Manager Virtual Machine in Rescue Mode
  7. 15.7. Removing a Host from a Self-Hosted Engine Environment
  8. 15.8. Updating a Self-Hosted Engine
  9. 15.9. Changing the FQDN of the Manager in a Self-Hosted Engine
2. 16. Backups and Migration
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  1. 16.1. Backing Up and Restoring the Red Hat Virtualization Manager
    
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    16.1.1. Backing up Red Hat Virtualization Manager - Overview
    
    16.1.2. Syntax for the engine-backup Command
    
    16.1.3. Creating a Backup with the engine-backup Command
    
    16.1.4. Restoring a Backup with the engine-backup Command
    
    16.1.5. Restoring a Backup to a Fresh Installation
    
    16.1.6. Restoring a Backup to Overwrite an Existing Installation
    
    16.1.7. Restoring a Backup with Different Credentials
    
    16.1.8. Backing up and Restoring a Self-Hosted Engine
    
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    16.1.8.1. Backing up the Original Manager
    
    16.1.8.2. Restoring the Backup on a New Self-Hosted Engine
    
    16.1.8.3. Enabling the Red Hat Virtualization Manager Repositories
    
    16.1.8.4. Reinstalling Hosts
    
    16.1.8.5. Removing a Storage Domain
    
    16.1.9. Recovering a Self-Hosted Engine from an Existing Backup
    
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    16.1.9.1. Restoring the Backup on a New Self-Hosted Engine
    
    16.1.9.2. Enabling the Red Hat Virtualization Manager Repositories
    
    16.1.9.3. Reinstalling Hosts
    
    16.1.9.4. Removing a Storage Domain
    
    16.1.10. Overwriting a Self-Hosted Engine from an Existing Backup
    
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    16.1.10.1. Enabling Global Maintenance Mode
    
    16.1.10.2. Restoring a Backup to Overwrite an Existing Installation
    
    16.1.10.3. Disabling Global Maintenance Mode
  2. 16.2. Migrating Red Hat Virtualization Databases to Remote Servers
    
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    16.2.1. Migrating the Manager Database to a Remote Server
    
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    16.2.1.1. Enabling the Red Hat Virtualization Manager Repositories
    
    16.2.2. Migrating the Self-Hosted Engine Database to a Remote Server
    
    16.2.3. Migrating Data Warehouse to a Separate Machine
    
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    16.2.3.1. Migrating the Data Warehouse Database to a Separate Machine
    
    16.2.3.2. Migrating the Data Warehouse Service to a Separate Machine
    
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    16.2.3.2.1. Setting up the New Data Warehouse Machine
    
    16.2.3.2.2. Stopping the Data Warehouse Service on the Manager Machine
    
    16.2.3.2.3. Configuring the New Data Warehouse Machine
    
    16.2.3.2.4. Disabling the Data Warehouse Service on the Manager Machine
  3. 16.3. Backing Up and Restoring Virtual Machines Using a Backup Storage Domain
    
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    16.3.1. Backup storage domains explained
    
    16.3.2. Setting a data storage domain to be a backup domain
    
    16.3.3. Backing up or Restoring a Virtual Machine or Snapshot Using a Backup Domain
  4. 16.4. Backing Up and Restoring Virtual Machines Using the Backup and Restore API
    
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    16.4.1. The Backup and Restore API
    
    16.4.2. Backing Up a Virtual Machine
    
    16.4.3. Restoring a Virtual Machine
3. 17. Errata Management with Red Hat Satellite
4. 18. Automating Configuration Tasks using Ansible
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  1. 18.1. Ansible Roles
    
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    18.1.1. Installing Ansible Roles
    
    18.1.2. Using Ansible Roles to Configure Red Hat Virtualization
5. 19. Users and Roles
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  1. 19.1. Introduction to Users
  2. 19.2. Introduction to Directory Servers
  3. 19.3. Configuring an External LDAP Provider
    
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    19.3.1. Configuring an External LDAP Provider (Interactive Setup)
    
    19.3.2. Attaching an Active Directory
    
    19.3.3. Configuring an External LDAP Provider (Manual Method)
    
    19.3.4. Removing an External LDAP Provider
  4. 19.4. Configuring LDAP and Kerberos for Single Sign-on
  5. 19.5. Installing and Configuring Red Hat Single Sign-On
    
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    19.5.1. Installing Red Hat Single Sign-On
    
    19.5.2. Configuring the LDAP group mapper
    
    19.5.3. Configuring Apache in the Manager
    
    19.5.4. Configuring OVN
  6. 19.6. User Authorization
    
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    19.6.1. User Authorization Model
    
    19.6.2. User Actions
  7. 19.7. Administering User Tasks From the Administration Portal
    
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    19.7.1. Adding Users and Assigning VM Portal Permissions
    
    19.7.2. Viewing User Information
    
    19.7.3. Viewing User Permissions on Resources
    
    19.7.4. Removing Users
    
    19.7.5. Viewing Logged-In Users
    
    19.7.6. Terminating a User Session
  8. 19.8. Administering User Tasks From the Command Line
    
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    19.8.1. Creating a New User
    
    19.8.2. Setting a User Password
    
    19.8.3. Setting User Timeout
    
    19.8.4. Pre-encrypting a User Password
    
    19.8.5. Viewing User Information
    
    19.8.6. Editing User Information
    
    19.8.7. Removing a User
    
    19.8.8. Disabling the Internal Administrative User
    
    19.8.9. Managing Groups
    
    19.8.10. Querying Users and Groups
    
    19.8.11. Managing Account Settings
  9. 19.9. Configuring Additional Local Domains
6. 20. Quotas and Service Level Agreement Policy
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7. 21. Event Notifications
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8. 22. Utilities
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  1. 22.1. The oVirt Engine Rename Tool
    
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    22.1.1. The oVirt Engine Rename Tool
    
    22.1.2. Syntax for the oVirt Engine Rename Command
    
    22.1.3. Renaming the Manager with the oVirt Engine Rename Tool
  2. 22.2. The Engine Configuration Tool
    
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    22.2.1. The Engine Configuration Tool
    
    22.2.2. Syntax for the engine-config Command
  3. 22.3. The USB Filter Editor
    
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    22.3.1. Installing the USB Filter Editor
    
    22.3.2. The USB Filter Editor Interface
    
    22.3.3. Adding a USB Policy
    
    22.3.4. Removing a USB Policy
    
    22.3.5. Searching for USB Device Policies
    
    22.3.6. Exporting a USB Policy
    
    22.3.7. Importing a USB Policy
  4. 22.4. The Log Collector Tool
    
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    22.4.1. Log Collector
    
    22.4.2. Syntax for the ovirt-log-collector Command
    
    22.4.3. Basic Log Collector Usage
  5. 22.5. The ISO Uploader Tool
    
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    22.5.1. The ISO Uploader Tool
    
    22.5.2. Syntax for the engine-iso-uploader Command
    
    22.5.3. Specifying an NFS Server
    
    22.5.4. Basic ISO Uploader Usage
    
    22.5.5. Uploading the VirtIO and Guest Tool Image Files to an ISO Storage Domain
  6. 22.6. The Engine Vacuum Tool
    
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    22.6.1. The Engine Vacuum Tool
    
    22.6.2. Engine Vacuum Modes
    
    22.6.3. Syntax for the engine-vacuum Command
  7. 22.7. The VDSM to Network Name Mapping Tool
    
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    22.7.1. Mapping VDSM Names to Logical Network Names
IV. Gathering Information About the Environment
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1. 23. Deploying Insights in Red Hat Virtualization Manager
2. 24. Log Files
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  1. 24.1. Manager Installation Log Files
  2. 24.2. Red Hat Virtualization Manager Log Files
  3. 24.3. SPICE Log Files
    
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    24.3.1. SPICE Logs for Hypervisor SPICE Servers
    
    24.3.2. SPICE Logs for Guest Machines
    
    24.3.3. SPICE Logs for SPICE Clients Launched Using console.vv Files
  4. 24.4. Host Log Files
  5. 24.5. Setting Up a Host Logging Server
  6. 24.6. Enabling the oVirt Engine Extension Logger log4j
3. A. VDSM and Hooks
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4. B. Custom Network Properties
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5. C. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plugins
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  1. C.1. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plug-ins
  2. C.2. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plugin Lifecycle
    
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    C.2.1. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plug-in Life cycle
    
    C.2.2. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plug-in Discovery
    
    C.2.3. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plug-in Loading
    
    C.2.4. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plug-in Bootstrapping
  3. C.3. User Interface Plugin-related Files and Their Locations
  4. C.4. Example User Interface Plug-in Deployment
6. D. Red Hat Virtualization and Encrypted Communication
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7. E. Proxies
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  1. E.1. SPICE Proxy
    
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    E.1.1. SPICE Proxy Overview
    
    E.1.2. SPICE Proxy Machine Setup
    
    E.1.3. Turning On a SPICE Proxy
    
    E.1.4. Turning Off a SPICE Proxy
  2. E.2. Squid Proxy
    
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    E.2.1. Installing and Configuring a Squid Proxy
  3. E.3. Websocket Proxy
    
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    E.3.1. Websocket Proxy Overview
    
    E.3.2. Migrating the Websocket Proxy to a Separate Machine
8. F. Branding
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  1. F.1. Branding
    
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    F.1.1. Re-Branding the Manager
    
    F.1.2. Login Screen
    
    F.1.3. Administration Portal Screen
    
    F.1.4. VM Portal Screen
    
    F.1.5. Pop-Up Windows
    
    F.1.6. Tabs
    
    F.1.7. The Welcome Page
    
    F.1.8. The Page Not Found Page
9. G. System Accounts
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  1. G.1. System Accounts
    
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    G.1.1. Red Hat Virtualization Manager User Accounts
    
    G.1.2. Red Hat Virtualization Manager Groups
    
    G.1.3. Virtualization Host User Accounts
    
    G.1.4. Virtualization Host Groups

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